Written by

Bill Goodykoontz
Gannett

It's that time of year again, time to put all of the accumulated knowledge, reporting and observational skills honed by watching hundreds of movies into play, to come up with a sure-fire Academy Awards predictions list.

Or maybe this year we should all just throw darts at a board blindfolded.

OK, not really. But this year, with the exception of a few categories (Daniel Day-Lewis is the only best-actor nominee who need worry about polishing up an acceptance speech), it really does come down to guessing. ...